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MONTERREY—Fibra Inn, a Mexican real estate investment trust specializing in the hotel industry, announced that it has signed an agreement for the purchase of the Marriott Real Puebla Hotel. The agreed price for this hotel was $27.8 million, excluding taxes ...

Over the past few years, Courtyard by Marriott has been focused on reinventing the lobby space with its “Refreshing Business” plan. Now, with that program nearing completion, the brand is turning to the guestroom space. Marriott invested $1.5 million into ...

GREENBELT, Md.—Chesapeake Hospitality, a third-party hotel management company, announced that it has taken over management of the Hilton Garden Inn Fort Myers in Fort Myers, Fla. Kim Sims, president of Chesapeake Hospitality, made the announcement. The hotel owners are embarking ...

A former car dealership may be the site of a new hotel development in Pasadena, Calif., according to this report from the Pasadena Star-News. Developer J & K Plus Investments LLC plans to erect a 400-room hotel with 10,000 square ...

In the growing city of Mansfield, Texas, hotels charge guests a bed tax of 13 percent, which is then put into a fund to help boost tourism initiatives to the city. And with six new hotels opening in the city ...

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